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Peter F. Estrada
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
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317 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Peter F. Estrada across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Highlands Juv/Probate/Guardianship/Mental/Risk Protection Sec JR
Highlands Juv/Probate/Guardianship/Mental/Risk Protection Sec JR.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 317 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 234 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 14, 2006–June 15, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating. Showing the 50 most recent; all 234 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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LAVEAIL V. WALKER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DARYL DENNARD CASON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HOWARD DENNIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COLTON LEE DRIGGERS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAVON MOSES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, I I I VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MEGHAN DONNELLY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIKEVIOUS ALJAWON YOUNG VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TIMOTHY STARR VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ULYSSES TAYLOR, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PRESCOTT C. GRAY, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAQUETTA DONALDSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JACOB DAVID KNOWLES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARCUS L. TAYLOR VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EZZARD CHARLES DIXON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KIRK PHILLIPS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KEITH LAVELLE HICKS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JIMMY L. FORD, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DESHAWN MONTRELL JONES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LISA JEAN DAKIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONALD LAWRENCE LASTRINA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARQUAY DESAWN ROCKMORE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEPHEN ALAN WINGO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CARLA MARIE SANT ANGELO v. JENNIFER SANT ANGELO HUGHES and CHRISTOPHER SANT ANGELO
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEPHEN C. SHOLTZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEPHEN ALLEN MILBURN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TIMOTHY STARR VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AUSTIN NAPIER v. MID FLORIDA GOLF CARS DISTRIBUTORS, INC., SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, LLC, COVENANT ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION, iNC. AND JOSHUA RAYL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHAN W. HOLDER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
W. C. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JASON PALMER - SUMMERLIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALAN DALE SEWELL vs PAUL BLACKMAN, SHERIFF
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Circuit Court for Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
STEPHEN ALAN WINGO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERICK JOSEPH RONDIL VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CORINA DAWSON PARKER v. HOTEL LAKE PLACID, LLC d/b/a HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CHRISTOPHER LUSBY, DEBORAH LUSBY AND DONALD LUSBY VS CARL M. CANEVARI AND C. GENE CANEVARI
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JORDAN ELI SHAPIRO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. A. B. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C. S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ANDRE LAMONT WILSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
IVAN SANDERS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EARNEST LAVON TURNER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT WAYNE LINCOLN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DANIEL L. GALARZA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TOBY DEAN CHAPMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT JAMES WELLS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN ALLEN LEGGIO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOE DAVID TILLMAN, II vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DAVID CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN L. ELDER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Highlands County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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